Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
Genus species | Neobartsia pedicularoides (Benth.) Uribe-Convers & Tank |
Bibliography | Syst. Bot. 41: 681 (2016) |
Native Range | Guatemala, nw. Venezuela to w. South America |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-5000m |
Description | leaves oblong, subsessile, obtuse, crenate, spike glandular-hirsute, basally interrupted, flowers pedicellate, ovate-oblong, corolla 8mm |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | pink-white, violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Bartsia biloba Wedd. Bartsia parvifolia Benth. Bartsia pedicularoides Benth. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 80 Central America (GUA Guatemala) 82 Northern South America (VEN Venezuela) 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |